Woman charged with running stepdaughter to death may make plea

Joyce Hardin Garrard, 46, left, and Jessica Mae Hardin, 27, grandmother and stepmother of a 9-year-old Alabama girl who died after witnesses said she was forced to run for three hours as punishment for lying. (Courtesy Montgomery Advertiser/Gannett)

Savannah Hardin, 9, died after being forced to run as punishment, according to authorities. (Associated Press)